Historian provides perspective on this year’s flu season
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We all know the signs: chills, fever, sore throat, muscle aches, coughing. But while the flu may seem harmlessly similar to the common cold, influenza results in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths every year in epidemics that can spread rapidly around the world. George Dehner, an associate professor in history at Wichita State University and author of the book “Global Flu and You – A History of Influenza,†puts this winter’s flu season in perspective.
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